It is believed that parsley comes from the Mediterranean countries. It grows wild among rocks and stones, and its scientific name is “Petroselinum” (translation - growing on rocks). Therefore, when the Greeks found parsley, they called it grassy stone celery.
Parsley is a 2-year-old plant of the family of umbellate (celery), with a not very sharp, pleasant smell. This plant is quite cold-resistant, because young shoots tolerate even light frosts. Indoors, parsley is cultivated year-round. At home, you can also get greens from root crops on the windows in boxes or pots with earth.
Parsley is rich in vitamins. Especially C-vitamin, and it is this indicator that gives it superiority over most vegetables. To satisfy a person’s daily requirement for vitamin C, in fact, only 8-10 grams is enough. fresh parsley leaves. Vitamin C is preserved even in dried leaves.
A lot of parsley contains provitamin A - carotene from 3 to 20 mg, there are B1 and B2, flavonoids, and nicotinic acid. Parsley root (like greens) is rich in minerals: a lot of potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus. They supply a person with rather rare elements: lithium, vanadium, aluminum, titanium, molybdenum, manganese, nickel, which are necessary for normal processes of enzyme systems.
Parsley root enhances urination. Studies have shown at the molecular level that this is due to primary 2.5-fold increase in excretion of salts ( urine chloride) from the body with urine.
Parsley Root - Treatment
If a child suffers from a urination or digestion disorder, then parsley root, the use of which will help to cope with problems, is simply irreplaceable here: ½ liter of boiling water pour 1 table. spoon of crushed root, and after prolonged infusion in a thermos filter. It is necessary to take 3 r / day for 1 teaspoon.
There is an opinion that tea made from dry parsley roots heals measles and scarlet fever faster, and also quickly “drives out the rash” and reduces fever after it appears.
It is also known that parsley root helps with cystitis, renal cramps, edema of cardiac origin, urolithiasis, with menstrual irregularities and inflammation of the prostate gland.
With edema of cardiac origin, a decoction is prepared, which consists of 1 table. tablespoons of roots boiled for about 10 minutes. in 1 stack. water. You need to drink such a decoction 2p. a day at least 1-2 glasses. But it should be remembered that this decoction is completely contraindicated in nephritis of the kidneys.
With painful menstruation or uterine bleeding, tincture from the roots and herbs of this plant is used: in 2 stacks. boiling water insist about 4 hours 2 table. l this crushed collection, and after thorough filtering is used a third before meals for 1-2 tbsp. l
With cystitis, 5 r / day is taken before the intended meal 1-2 table. l infusion of parsley and curly parsley: 2 table. l crushed collecting insist in ½ stack. boiling water for a couple of hours.
Lemon juice + saturated broth of parsley roots is used to destroy spots with vitiligo or freckles. It is necessary to lubricate the face 2 r / day: before bedtime and after it. In places that are covered with bites of mosquitoes or bees, apply the pounded roots of parsley.
To treat prostatitis, dry (preferably, but fresh) parsley root is rubbed on a grater. One table. l the mass is poured with 100 grams of boiling water, wrapped and left for about 10 hours. Then it is filtered and squeezed. 1 table is accepted. l 4 r / day before eating.
Contraindications
Parsley is not recommended for exacerbations of peptic ulcers, it is excluded for bowel diseases, which are accompanied by diarrhea, and are limited for acute kidney diseases. Also, a lot of parsley is contraindicated in gout, impaired salt metabolism, oxaluria. It is advisable to limit the consumption of roots and parsley during pregnancy.